Pep Comics
#46
(February 1944)
Archie,
1940 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 60
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly except June and November
- On-sale Date
- 1943-12-10
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- M. L. J. Magazines
- Brand
-
An MLJ Magazine
- Editing
- Harry Shorten
Issue Notes
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1944, New Series, Vol. 39, No. 1.
[no title indexed]
Archie; The Shield / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Harry Sahle (signed)
- Inks
- Harry Sahle (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- humor; superhero; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; The Shield [Joe Higgins]
- Reprints
-
in Archie Archives (Dark Horse, 2011 series) #3 (November 2011) - in Archie Archives (Dark Horse, 2015 series) #3 - The Double Date and Other Stories (November 2016)
-
- Keywords
- ice sculptures; snow; snow shovels; statues of Archie Andrews
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
Shield G-Man Club / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Characters
- Dusty [Dustin Simmons]; The Shield [Joe Higgins]
- Synopsis
- Coupon to enroll in the Shield G-Man Club.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
Tales of a Safety Pin
The Shield / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Dusty [Dustin Simmons]; The Shield [Joe Higgins]; Silky Malone (villain, introduction); Miser (villain, introduction)
- Synopsis
- A safety pin that seems to be followed by bad luck helps The Shield and Dusty solve a crime.
- Reprints
-
in Black Hood (F.E. Howard Publications, 1944 series) ([Summer 1944?])
-
The Ferryboat Admiral
Captain Commando / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- superhero; war
- Characters
- The Boy Soldiers: Armand De Latour; Flatbush; Billy Grayson; Percy
Captain Commando [John Grayson]; Karl Van Hoosen (introduction, death) - Reprints
Indexer Notes
Signed on the first page but signature is illegible.
Dead Men's Eyes Tell Tales
Hangman / comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Thelma Gordon; The Hangman [Bob Dickering]; Dutch Kane (as a corpse); Doc Einstone (introduction); Rabbit (introduction); Southpaw Sears (introduction); Hangman
- Reprints
The Ghost of Henry Schmidt
The Shield / text story / 2 pages
- Script
- Vivian Berg (credited as Vivian)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Dusty [Dustin Simmons]; The Shield [Joe Higgins]; J. K. Burke; Henry Schmidt
Christmas Cheers
Archie / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate (introduction); Gabby (introduction)
- Synopsis
- Archie gets a cheque for $50 from his grandfather, makes a list of what he wants to buy for his friends, but most of the money is gone by the time he buys the gifts.
- Reprints
- in Archie Archives (Dark Horse, 2011 series) #3 (November 2011)
- in Archie 1000 Page Mega Comics Digest (Archie, 2014 series) (2014)
- in Archie's Favorite Christmas Comics (Archie, 2014 series) (2014)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #256 (January 2015)
- in The Best of Archie Comics: 75 Years 75 Stories (Archie, 2015 series) ([October] 2015)
- in Archie Archives (Dark Horse, 2015 series) #3 - The Double Date and Other Stories (November 2016)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas; sleigh
Indexer Notes
Signed in the last panel. This story contains the first appearances of Gabby, the town blabbermouth, and Pop Tate, the owner of Pop's Chocklit Shop. In this story, his restaurant is called Tate's and he is a skinny, older man with gray hair and a mustache. Also, the Shorten Special on page 4 is a reference to MLJ editor Harry Shorten.
MLJ Leads the Way
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Synopsis
- Promo for other MLJ Comics with a runner winning a race with an MLJ Logo for a head.
[The Landgoing Tugboat]
Catfish Joe / comic story / 5.66 pages
- Script
- Larry Harris (credited)
- Pencils
- Larry Harris (credited)
- Inks
- Larry Harris (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ahoy mate!
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Captain Barney Keel (introduction); Catfish Joe; Kitty Keel; Gabby
- Synopsis
- Captain Barney Keel is driving a tugboat along the land when a dam breaks and he and Catfish Joe find themselves floating around on a newly created lake rescuing animals.
- Reprints
- in Black Hood (F.E. Howard Publications, 1944 series) ([Summer 1944?])
-
Indexer Notes
To be continued in the next issue.
[no title indexed]
Animal-Antix / cartoon / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'm Jim Crow, Hello!
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- Three fun facts about animals as submitted by readers. Address says to submit to "Catfish Joe", so presumably this was a sub-feature of that strip.
- Reprints
- in Black Hood (F.E. Howard Publications, 1944 series) ([Summer 1944?])
-
Indexer Notes
When reprinted in Black Hood, all the addresses of the kids who submitted the stories were changed to Canadian cities to make it seem more home-grown there.
[The Bear Cub]
Li'l Chief Bugaboo / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Theresa Woik ?
- Pencils
- Dave Higgins (signed)
- Inks
- Dave Higgins (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Bugaboo and Fido the friendly mountain lion are off once more in search of adventure in the forest!!!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Li'l Chief Bugaboo; Fido
- Synopsis
- Li'l Chief Bugaboo and Fido find a bear cub and accidentally anger its mom.
- Reprints
- in Black Hood (F.E. Howard Publications, 1944 series) ([Summer 1944?]) [all but first panel]
- in Capt. Commando Comics [Captain Commando and the Boy Soldiers] (F.E. Howard Publications, 1945 series) ([circa 1945]) [first panel only]
-
Indexer Notes
See notes in Black Hood #[nn] index for changes done to reprint.
[Marriage of the Medusa]
Marco Loco / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Carl Hubbell ?
- Pencils
- Carl Hubbell (signed)
- Inks
- Carl Hubbell (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Funny, Snooch I'd swear I've pulled this pirate out...
- Genre
- humor; historical
- Characters
- The Medusa (introduction, villain); Snooch; Marco Loco
- Synopsis
- Marco Loco and Snooch are hypnotised by the Medusa but then capture her and take her to the King to collect a reward.
- Reprints
- in Black Hood (F.E. Howard Publications, 1944 series) ([Summer 1944?])
-
Indexer Notes
See notes in Black Hood #[nn] index for changes done to reprint.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Archie; The Shield -
1.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
Shield G-Man Club -
2.
Tales of a Safety Pin
The Shield -
3.
The Ferryboat Admiral
Captain Commando -
4.
Dead Men's Eyes Tell Tales
Hangman -
5.
The Ghost of Henry Schmidt
The Shield -
6.
Christmas Cheers
Archie -
7.
MLJ Leads the Way
-
8.
[The Landgoing Tugboat]
Catfish Joe -
9.
["I'm Jim Crow, Hello!"]
Animal-Antix -
10.
[The Bear Cub]
Li'l Chief Bugaboo -
11.
[Marriage of the Medusa]
Marco Loco -
12.
Remove Ugly Blackheads or No Cost
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13.
Get Super Strength through these 4 Easy Steps
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14.
New Commando Krak-A-Jap Machine Gun
This issue was modified by, among others
- Luke A.
- John Censullo
- Peter Croome
- Del Gruber
- Katy Hayhurst
- Michael Hoskin
- Dan Kocher
- Clint Maxwell
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Matt Tauber
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